NexGen Hotels & Genuine Hospitality Break Ground on New TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Waukegan, Illinois
Chicago, IL based hotel developer, NexGen Hotels & St. Louis-based hotel operator, Genuine Hospitality, LLC announces the groundbreaking of a new 96-room TownePlace Suites by Marriott - Waukegan, IL.
Located at 402 Lakehurst Rd. Waukegan, IL, the hotel is ideally located at the Southeast corner of I-94 and Route 120, 4-miles southwest of downtown Waukegan, IL. The TownePlace Suites by Marriott - Waukegan will open Q3, 2020 and will be operated by Genuine Hospitality, LLC.
The TownePlace Suites by Marriott - Waukegan, IL will make the third Marriott asset within the 7-hotel Genuine Hospitality portfolio. Adding to the portfolio and partnered with NexGen Hotels, Genuine Hospitality, LLC recently opened the Four Points by Sheraton - Mt. Prospect / O'Hare, IL and opening a Four Points by Sheraton - Omaha, NE anticipating Q4, 2019.
Kurt Furlong, Chief Revenue Officer & Partner, states "The TownePlace Suites by Marriott - Waukegan, IL, will be our sixth hotel in Chicago suburbs providing a terrific product to the transient, corporate and extended stay Waukegan, IL travelers." Furlong added "The addition of the TownePlace Suites by Marriott - Waukegan, IL will give us synergies between our other hotels in the Chicago market in sales, revenue management and operations disciplines."
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